Labor Center Publications

We hope to add a growing list of publications produced by Center staff to this Web site. In the mean time, please contact us for information about current publications, availability and cost. (Costs vary from $2 - $10) We have a constantly growing collection of manuals and handbooks for workers on organizing, bargaining issues and labor and employment law.

If you don't see what you need here, call and ask us. 319/335-4144.

Available now through the Center:

• Your Rights to Family and Medical Leave, (pdf version available for download) Roberta Till-Retz, 2005
• Your Rights to Family and Medical Leave: A Federal Worker's Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the OPM family leave regulations. Roberta Till-Retz, 2002.
• Workers' Compensation in Iowa: A brief guide to the Iowa workers' compensation law. Dan Holub, 2001.
• The Union Safety and Health Committee -- Organizing for Action: A manual for local union safety committees, Roberta Till-Retz, 1996, 1999.
• Iowa Workers' Right to Know: A Step-by Step Guide to the Hazard Communication Standard. Roberta Till-Retz, 1986, 1990.
• Your Local Union Newsletter: Key to a revitalized Local. Why it's important, how to get started, what to include. (pdf version available to download) Roberta Till-Retz, 2002
• The New Model of Bargaining: Mutual Gain or Unilateral Loss?(pdf version available for download) Dan Holub, Roberta Till-Retz and Laurie Clements. 2000.
• Unions and Teams. Roberta Till-Retz, 1995. Price: $5.00 (with postage and handling:$7.00)
• Negotiating in a New Work Systems Environment: Issues, Bargaining Goals and Contract Language/Ideas. Roberta Till-Retz, 1994.

Iowa Public Sector

• Negotiating under the Iowa Public Employment Relations Act. (Iowa Public Employment Relations Act - In a nut shell --pdf version availble for download) Dan Holub, 2001
• Going Union: Workers' Rights to Form a Union under Iowa's Public Employment Relations Act. (pdf version available for download) Roberta Till-Retz, 1995.
• Labor Law in Iowa's Public Workplaces: Local Union Activists' Rights and Duties under the Iowa Public Employment Relations Act. (pdf version availble for download) Roberta Till-Retz, 1993.
• Iowa Public Sector Unions' Rights to Information under the PERA: Questions and Answers on your Rights to Information necessary for Collective Bargaining or Grievance Handling. (pdf version available to download) Roberta Till-Retz, 1991.